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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does John rationalize his reaction to Betsy's news?
(a) That he wasn't dead.
(b) That the illness was ironic.
(c) That the child's suffering was unbearable without laughter.
(d) That the child's death was funny.

2. What behavior did John Robison learn from his dog?
(a) Chewing on furniture.
(b) Barking.
(c) Peeing on the carpet.
(d) Biting.

3. What does John say became more difficult as her got older?
(a) Understanding the language of the children around him.
(b) Controlling his troublemaking urges.
(c) Making sense of adults' contradictory expectations.
(d) Refraining from blurting out his thoughts.

4. How does John say he kept himself popular?
(a) By getting good grades.
(b) By smoking.
(c) By playing pranks.
(d) By making trouble.

5. What was John's reaction to Betsy's news?
(a) He fled the room in panic.
(b) He writhed in empathetic suffering.
(c) He smiled inappropriately.
(d) He burst into hysterical laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John Robison realize he had to work at?

2. What kind of news does Betsy relay to John and his mother?

3. What made people think that John was a prodigy?

4. How did John get revenge against his biology teacher?

5. How does John say his biology teacher treated him?

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